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APPLICATION FILED IEB. 13,1903.

93.51999'.v y Patented Mar. 23,1909.

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'UYF i311) STATES PA'ENT OFFICE.

HARRY W. vREAL, F INDIANAPOLIS, INDIANA, ASSIGNOR T() A COPARTNERSHIP COM- POSED OF HARRY W. NEAL. WILLAD HARMONY, AND CHARLES E. HALL, OF IN- DIANAPOLIS, INDIANA.

Specication of Letters Patent.

?n.tented March 23, 1909.

Amine-ation led February 13. 1908. Serial No. 415,700.

To all whom. it may com-ern:

Be it known that I., Il tnnr W, NEAL., citizen of the United States, residing at. Indianapolis, in the county of Marion and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safes, of which the following is a speciiieation.

The object of my invention is to produce an apparat-us for the reception of valuable packages of such character that during the entire time of deposit the deposited pac-kthat when the. package receiver is withdraun from the incloslng safe, said receiver will he automatically closed and locked so that it can not be opened during transportation, but only after presentation to the proper oi'iicer.

The mechanism is especially designed for use by transportation companies for the reception and transportation of conductors reports, but of course is not limited to such use.

The accompanying drawings illustrate in v invention.

Figure lis` a front elevation of the safe E. l l t spring catch 21 normally urged inward by a spring 22 which carries the same, the ratchet notches 20 being oi such character that the gate may he moved freely toward closing position, but can not move backward excepton a withdrawal of the latch 21. In order to prevent a manipulation of this latch from the outside through openingr 16 I guard the same by a guard 23 and in order to facilitate. re-

i traction of the latch 21 I provide a 'linger eye i 24 hy means of which it may he readily reages willbe securelyv protected, and also such constructed in accordance with my entire inf vention, the safe door being shown open and the receiving chute shown in section, the

other mechanism being in receiving position;

Fig. 2 is an under plan of the door operating tracks; Fig. 3 a plan on a smaller scale of thel portable receptacle; Fig. 4 a section on the scale of Fig. l, on line 4 4 of Fig. 24'; Fig. 5 a section on line 5 5 of Figs. 3 and 6, and Fig. 6 a section on line 6 6 of Figs. 3 and 5.

The portable receptacle comprises a main box 10 having a hand opening 11 in its upper side which opening is in the form of a pocket adapted to receive a cover plate 12 which entirely fills the pocket 11 and closes the same. The cover plate 12 is provided at one edge with a pair of `fingers 13 13 adapted to he inserted in openings formed in one verti- Aty the. opposite side of movement, I form a plurality of ratchety notches 20 into which may be projected a sui'iiciently narrow to pr l i l l.

tracted. The receptacle 1() is provided at i one end with a. suitable hand pocket 25 across outer ond 33 by an amount about equal to y the diameter ot' the. pin 17 carried by the gate 17 and the outer end 33 is in substantial alinernent with said pin 17 when the gate 17 is entirely open. Arranged adjacent portion 33" of the cam track is a cam track 34 which is adapted to engage pin 17 when the receptacle 10 is withdrawn and automatically shifts said pin 17', and the gate. 17 also, to complete closed position.

The o eration is as follows. The receptacle 10 `eing empty, gate 17 is retracted as unich as possible and the cover 12 then placed in position in the pocket 11 of the receptacle and locked therein by means of the {ingr-.rs 13 and lock 15. The receptacle is placed in this condition by the auditor or other receiving oiiicer and is then sent to the receiving station where it is placed in the. pocket 30 of the safe or other container 3l. As it is shoved into the position pin 17 is cngagcd by the cam portion 33 of the cam track and shifted toward closing position but without materially covering thc` opening 16, and when the container 1() is clear in its onening 16 registers with the inner end of c nite 32. The container 31 is then locked and the conductors, as they come in from their runs incluse their receipts in envelops an-l (,eposit the. same in chute so that they pass into receptacle 10. The chute "2 is inclined and event the entrance.

auditor desires receptacle 'lobe brought 5 to lns office e messenger 1s dispatched who 1s l able to open the container 31 and he grasps handle 26 of receptacle 10 and pulls the saine outward. This 'movement automat-Melli brings pin 17 in engagement with cani trac 10 34 and automatically shifts gate 17 to closed osition said gate being repeatedly loeked'as 1t moves to this positiom'and when it reaches closed position by the ratchet latch 21 so that before the opening 16 of the receptacle 10 is exposed in any manner by uithdrmval of the i receptacle it is covered. by the gate 1 7 an-l aeeess to the receptacle can not be had until plate 12 is Withdrawn under thesupervisi on of y the proper official.

2.0 I claim as my invention: f

1. ri`he combination with a container, of a receptacle adapted to be inserted 1n said container and having a receiving opening, a.,` movable gate arrangei'l 1n eomunetiouwith .a sind receiving opening, cam tracksarranged in the container in position 'to engage the f gate and shift the saine to covering position upon withdrau-'al of the receptacle from the container, and means for automatically locking the gate in closing position.

2. The combination with a container, of a receptacle adapted to be inserted therein and havingahaml-openiuginits top, a cover plate removabl)v mounted in said opening and hang, means for locking said @ling a small openin Aicm-er plate in position to close the iia1nl- 'opening of the receptacle, a gate movably mounted on the cover plate and adapted to @close the small opening in said cover, an'l earn-tracks arranged within the container for shifting said gate to closed position upon i withdrawal o f the receptacle from the container, and means for locking said `grate in closed position.

in uitness whereof, I have hereunto set luy-hand and seal at. Indianapolis, Indiana, jthis 28th day of January, A. D. one thousand nine hundred and eight.

'HARRY NEAL. [L 5.]

`Witnesses z T HoMAs W. MoMEANs, F RANK A. FAHLE. 

